James and Sonya Herron, IMB Missionaries
Uganda East Africa
Island Ministry team (Upper Buvuma Islands)
The vision of the International Mission
Board is to see a multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation
knowing and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ
Prayer Requests and Praise for the Week of
14th-21st August
What
is the Heart of God? What is His
greatest desire? The beginning of the
Lord’s Prayer gives us a vision of the Father’s Heart, Jesus said,
“Therefore, you should pray like this: Our
Father in heaven, Your name be honored as holy.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:9-10, HCSB)
Jesus
taught us to pray that our city, neighborhood, nation or people group will reflect
his glory and reign that it is like heaven on earth. God’s heart is that all people come to worship
Him. Do you think Jesus would ask us to
pray for something that He doesn’t intend to fulfill? God is not satisfied with a handful of
believers, small groups or churches in a people group. His vision is a multitude of people
worshipping Him from every people group.
9 After this I looked,
and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language,
which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They
were robed in white with palm branches in their hands. 10 And
they cried out in a loud voice: Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on
the throne, and to the Lamb!
This
is the Father’s desire to have a multitude of worshipper worshiping and serving
our Great God. This should be our desire
also. Our Father’s heart should be our
heart also.
What
is your greatest desire?
Thank the Lord with the
Herrons for the Past Two Weeks
(We Praise God For)
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For traveling grace
for the Herrons as they traveled these past two weeks:
o
Twice to the islands
spending a total of 15 hours on the lake visiting 5 different islands
o
And as we traveled in
and around the Jinja area
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Praise God for the
23 Elders, Church Leaders and Members of Kyinja Baptist church who took part in
a two-day discipleship training Learning SWAP and the Father’s Heart 15th-16th
August.
o
Thank God for the
pastor and leaders organizing the conference and teaching the congregation what
he was taught and effectively sharing with them
o
We praise God for the
commitment the attendees to reaching the various groups on the islands with the
Gospel of Christ
o
We thank God for the
accountability established in their outreach into the village
o
We praise God for
the Church desire to spread the Gospel on Buziri Island until there is no place
left
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We thank God for the
follow-up that has been done to disciple the 204 persons who accepted Christ
during the medical mission team from O’Fallon FBC:
o
Kalambi Baptist
Church Bugaya—Has 15 of the new believers being disciple, they are to start
another discipleship group that live to far from the church
o
Kiiko Baptist Church
Bugaya—They are discipling 10 new believers who are now attending their worship
services, they all also attempting to contact as many as possible those who
profess Christ during the medical clinics
o
Lwazi Baptist Church
Bwema—They are discipling six of the 42 who made decision for Christ and are
attempting to contact those who came from different villages on Bwema. They are planning to start new disciple groups
of new believers who accepted Christ during the O’Fallon Medical Team
o
Kibibi Baptist
Church—They have followed-up on ten of those persons who accepted Christ al
Lord and Savior
o
Pray for the
spiritual growth of the 41 new believers who are being disciple by our churches.
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Pray for the 162 who
are being sought by the different church for discipleship follow-up
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Pray or the
fishermen who left for other islands that God would impress upon their hearts
they need for a Savior and Lord for their lives
·
We thank God for the
Island bible School conducted 6-11 August
o
The twenty-five
students who are learning the bible to be able to teach and train believers
o
The 10 ladies who
are being trained to minister to children, youths and other ladies on the
islands
o
The commitment of
our pastors, church leaders who have faithfully attended the bible school since
February of this year
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We thank God for the
Ugandan church leaders who are working with alongside with us in reaching the
islands with the Word of God
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We praise the Lord
for proving and caring for our family in Uganda and America
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We praise god for our
continual improvement in learning Luganda
·
We thank God for the
Immigration Hearing scheduled for Madison on 16th November at 9:30
a.m.
Pray for the Herrons
This Week
21st-27th
August
·
Continue to pray for
our efforts to secure US Passport for Madison
o
Our travel to the
USA and for travel to Atlanta, GA for the Immigration Hearing Thursday 16th
November
o
Pray for us as we
reunite with families and friends during our time in the USA
o
Pray that we soon
receive information from the U.S. Immigration
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Pray for the discipling
process of the new believers who received Jesus during our last mission Team
visits to the islands
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Pray for our efforts
to provide follow-up work in assisting our pastors/church leaders start new
Bible Study Groups in their churches and in their homes of members
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Pray for us as we attempt
to apply what we have learned during the two-week Church Planting Training sessions
o
The T4T Training we have
received
o
Pray that we can
apply what we learn which will result in a Church Planting Movements among the
peoples of the islands
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Pray our efforts to
apply what we have learn to a church planting movement on the islands
o
We pray for
spiritual guidance in how to effective apply the teaching we have received to
established church and start new groups which will develop into churches
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Pray for our family
in the USA
o
Our three sons and
their families
o
Our five
grandchildren
o
The Sutton Family
o
Our siblings and
their families
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Our commitment to
language learning
o
Our commitment to
sharing Christ in Luganda
Thanks for your prayerful
support.
In HIS service
James
and Sonya Herron
"...before me was
a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and
language...." Revelation 7:9 (NIV)
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| Construction of Kiruguma Baptist Church Bwema |
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| Another View of KBC Construction |
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| Church construction-Serinya Baptist Church |
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| Construction Kyinda Baptist Church |
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| Island Bible School Tent City |
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| SWAP Training Kyinja Baptist Church |
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| The Father's Heart Training Kyinja BC |
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| District Security Leadership Receiving Bibles English/Luganda |
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| Traveling to the Island with our Dog |
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| Bicycles for the Island Pastors |
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| Madison Reticle |
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| The Whole Group |
